How to Write a Novel (or Not)
How to Write a Novel (or Not) is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall. It has 9 performances listed, running from Fri 7 Aug, 13:10 to Sat 15 Aug, 13:10. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
A woman of a certain age is forced to trace the unruly manuscript of her life when a hijacking shatters the ordinary. Life snaps, twists, tumbles. Fear, fury, faith collide. Old choices that sting yet refuse burial. Her fierce devotion to animals becomes refuge and rebellion, a way of loving without condition. Like a ghost walk through the Eternal City’s layered past, memory flickers as she confronts truths avoided about survival, reinvention and resilience. Gathering fragments of experience, she discovers that the hardest story to write is the one that begins again.
Details
- Venue: theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall
- Space: Haldane Theatre
- Genre: THEATRE, New writing, Solo show
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - SCOTLAND
- Running time: 40 minutes
- Room size: about 49 seats (Haldane Theatre) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 9, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: ramp
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Level access from the external courtyard, then passenger lift access into the theatre. Contact a member of staff for directions. Wheelchair access type:Temporary Ramp, Lift (Building Lift) Stairs: None Number of stairs is provided as guidance and is not in addition to any wheelchair access type (lift/ramp etc) stated above.
What the reviewers said
We have captured 1 published review and 6 audience reviews for this show from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s own listing. The excerpts below are the reviewers’ words, not ours — follow each link for the full review.
A soundtrack of almost thirty music fragments complements the piece well. Her delivery is quiet, insistent, personal and she has the ability to make the audience feel like they are the only person in the…
— All Edinburgh Theatre (3 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Fri 7 Aug, 13:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 13:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 13:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 13:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 13:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 13:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 13:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 13:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 13:10 — Already performed — £14.00